39th Parliament, 1st Session

No. 144

No 144

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Votes and Proceedings

Procès-verbaux

Legislative Assembly
of Ontario

Assemblée législative
de l'Ontario

Monday

May 4, 2009

Sessional Day 152

Lundi

4 mai 2009

Jour de session 152

1st Session,
39th Parliament

1re session
39e législature

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PRAYERS

PRIÈRES

10:30 A.M.

10 H 30

INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS

PRÉSENTATION DES VISITEURS

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, visitors were introduced.

Conformément à l'article 36, les visiteurs sont présentés.

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ORAL QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS ORALES

Pursuant to Standing Order 37, the House proceeded to Oral Questions.

Conformément à l'article 37, la chambre passe aux questions orales.

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DEFERRED VOTES

VOTES DIFFÉRÉS

The deferred vote on the motion for Third Reading of Bill 139, An Act to amend the Employment Standards Act, 2000 in relation to temporary help agencies and certain other matters, was carried on the following division:-

La motion portant troisième lecture du projet de loi 139, Loi modifiant la Loi de 2000 sur les normes d'emploi en ce qui concerne les agences de placement temporaire et certaines autres questions, mise aux voix sur le vote différé, est adoptée par le vote suivant :-

AYES / POUR - 54

Aggelonitis

Albanese

Arthurs

Balkissoon

Bentley

Best

Brown

Brownell

Cansfield

Caplan

Carroll

Chan

Colle

Crozier

Delaney

Dhillon

Dickson

DiNovo

Dombrowsky

Duguid

Duncan

Gélinas

Gerretsen

Gravelle

Horwath

Hoy

Jeffrey

Johnson

Kormos

Kwinter

Lalonde

Levac

Marchese

Matthews

Mauro

McGuinty

McMeekin

Meilleur

Miller (Hamilton East–Stoney Creek)

Mitchell

Moridi

Naqvi

Phillips

Prue

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Smith

Sousa

Takhar

Van Bommel

Watson

Wilkinson

Zimmer

NAYS / CONTRE - 13

Arnott

Bailey

Chudleigh

Dunlop

Hardeman

Jones

Munro

O'Toole

Runciman

Savoline

Shurman

Witmer

Yakabuski

And the Bill was accordingly read the third time and was passed.

En conséquence, ce projet de loi est lu une troisième fois et adopté.

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Pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the Speaker recessed the House at 11:43 p.m. until 1:00 p.m.

Conformément à l'article 9 a), le Président ordonne une pause à l'Assemblée à 11 h 43 jusqu'à 13 h.

1:00 P.M.

13 H

INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS

PRÉSENTATION DES VISITEURS

Pursuant to Standing Order 36, visitors were introduced.

Conformément à l'article 36, les visiteurs sont présentés.

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MEMBERS' STATEMENTS

DÉCLARATIONS DES DÉPUTÉS

Pursuant to Standing Order 31, Members made statements.

Conformément à l'article 31, des députés font des déclarations.

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Following remarks by Mr. Rinaldi, the House observed a moment of silence in remembrance of Major Michelle Mendes of the Chief of Defence Intelligence Unit.

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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

DÉPÔT DES PROJETS DE LOI

The following Bill was introduced and read the first time:-

Le projet de loi suivant est présenté et lu une première fois :-

Bill 174, An Act to amend the Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act with respect to matching rebates of gasoline tax that the Minister provides to municipalities. Mr. Yakabuski.

Projet de loi 174, Loi modifiant la Loi sur l'aménagement des voies publiques et des transports en commun à l'égard des remboursements de la taxe sur l'essence similaires consentis aux municipalités par le ministre. M. Yakabuski.

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STATEMENTS BY THE MINISTRY AND RESPONSES

DÉCLARATIONS MINISTÉRIELLES ET RÉPONSES

Pursuant to Standing Order 35, Ministers made statements and Opposition Members responded.

Conformément à l'article 35, des ministres font des déclarations et des députés de l'opposition y répondent.

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The House expressed its condolence on the death of Allan Frederick Lawrence, Member for the Electoral District of St. George from May 12, 1958 to September 19, 1972.

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PETITIONS

PÉTITIONS

Petition relating to construction of an Ambulatory Surgery Centre to serve the Mississauga Halton area (Sessional Paper No. P-23) Mr. Delaney.

Petition relating to requesting an amendment to the Children's Law Reform Act (Sessional Paper No. P-95) Mr. Brownell.

Petition relating to enacting Safer Communities and Neighbourhood legislation (Sessional Paper No. P-97) Mr. Naqvi.

Petition relating to Temporary Care Assistance program for grandparents raising their grandchildren (Sessional Paper No. P-168) Ms. Jones.

Petition relating to providing Revlimid as a choice to patients with Multiple Myeloma (Sessional Paper No. P-194) Mr. Bailey.

Petition relating to the funding of Lakeridge Health Bowmanville Hospital (Sessional Paper P-210) Mr. O'Toole.

Petition relating to supporting The Caregiver and Foreign Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, 2009 (Sessional Paper P-215) Mr. Colle.

Petition relating to access to locked-in retirement accounts (Sessional Paper P-219) Mr. Chudleigh and Mr. O'Toole.

Petition relating to Bill 149, Inactive Cemeteries Protection Act (Sessional Paper P-220) Mr. Brownell.

Petition relating to population-needs-based funding formula for hospitals in the Waterloo region (Sessional Paper P-222) Mrs. Witmer.

Petition relating to a blended or harmonized sales tax (Sessional Paper P-224) Ms. Jones.

Petition relating to the Clarkson Airshed Study (Sessional Paper P-226) Mr. Sousa.

Petition relating to halting implementation of the HST (Sessional Paper P-237) Mr. Prue.

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ORDERS OF THE DAY

ORDRE DU JOUR

Opposition Day

Jour de l'opposition

Mr. Runciman moved,

M. Runciman propose,

Whereas on March 26, 2009, Dalton McGuinty once again broke his solemn promise to Ontarians and announced a massive McGuinty sales tax; and

Whereas the McGuinty sales tax increase will force homebuyers and sellers to pay more tax on services associated with real estate transactions, including but not limited to: legal fees, moving expenses, real estate commissions, development charges, home inspection fees and other closing costs; and

Whereas the McGuinty sales tax will cause home renovators and builders a massive McGuinty-driven cost increase through increased McGuinty sales tax charges; and

Whereas the McGuinty sales tax will cause vulnerable citizens, including seniors and renters, significant cost increases due to McGuinty sales tax charges; and

Whereas under Dalton McGuinty, Ontario homeowners have already been faced with a barrage of increased costs including skyrocketing property assessments and land transfer taxes; and

Whereas an economic recession is the worst time for Dalton McGuinty to increase taxes and erect further barriers to home ownership; and

Whereas the housing renovation, construction, sale and resale industries are a pillar of the economy in Ontario:

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario calls upon Premier McGuinty to acknowledge that, due to the current economic downturn, this is the wrong time to move forward with his ill-advised plan to yet again increase taxes on all people of this province.

A debate arising, after some time, the motion was lost on the following division:-  

Un débat s'ensuit et après quelque temps, la motion est rejetée par le vote suivant:-

AYES / POUR - 19

Arnott

Bailey

Barrett

Bisson

Chudleigh

Dunlop

Gélinas

Jones

MacLeod

Marchese

Martiniuk

Munro

Murdoch

Prue

Runciman

Savoline

Shurman

Witmer

Yakabuski

NAYS / CONTRE - 44

Aggelonitis

Albanese

Balkissoon

Bentley

Berardinetti

Brown

Brownell

Colle

Crozier

Delaney

Dhillon

Dombrowsky

Duncan

Gravelle

Hoy

Jaczek

Jeffrey

Johnson

Kular

Kwinter

Lalonde

Levac

Matthews

Mauro

McMeekin

McNeely

Meilleur

Milloy

Mitchell

Moridi

Naqvi

Orazietti

Phillips

Qaadri

Ramsay

Rinaldi

Ruprecht

Sandals

Sergio

Smith

Sousa

Van Bommel

Wilkinson

Zimmer

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A debate then arose on the motion for Second Reading of Bill 173, An Act to amend the Mining Act.

Ensuite, il s'élève un débat sur la motion portant deuxième lecture du projet de loi 173, Loi modifiant la Loi sur les mines.

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After some time, pursuant to Standing Order 9(a), the motion for the adjournment of the debate was deemed to have been made and carried.

Après quelque temps, conformément à l'article 9 a) du Règlement, la motion d'ajournement du débat est réputée avoir été proposée et adoptée.

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The House then adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

À 18 h, la chambre a ensuite ajourné ses travaux.

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le président

Steve  Peters

Speaker

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SESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED PURSUANT TO STANDING ORDER 40

DOCUMENTS PARLEMENTAIRES DÉPOSÉS CONFORMÉMENT À L'ARTICLE 40 DU RÈGLEMENT

Certificate pursuant to Standing Order 108(f)(1) re intended appointments dated May 1, 2009 (No. 417) (Tabled May 1, 2009).

Ontario Review Board, Annual Report for the Fiscal Period April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008 (No. 415) (Tabled May 1, 2009).

Trillium Gift of Life Network, Annual Report 2007-2008 (No. 416) (Tabled May 1, 2009).

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